Meeting Association H RY D E PA K...Hallelulah, praise Mother Earth and pass the BBQ tofu! With lit-tle fanfare, Mother’s Café reopened (sans garden) on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Word got

joy. We’ll have name cards to identify your dish so that you will hear all the wonderful compliments people give them. There will be delicious food catered by Greg Bontempo- owner of New World Deli – as well as bever-ages.

Children are welcome and we will have fun activities to keep them entertained during the party. Watch for more details about the event on our listserv at .

If you have any non-Christ-mas holiday decorations to loan Kristen and Noel, the help would be much appreciated. Let’s make it a ‘Holidays’ party, rather than just a Christmas party. Please contact them at .

We hope to see you there! — Deaton Bednar

HPNA Social Chair

When: 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 3, 2007 Where: Hyde Park United Meth od ist Church 4001 Speedway Who: YOU and your neighbors Note: HPNA general meetings usually take place on the fi rst Monday of each month.

December, 2007 • National Register District Neighborhood • Vol. 33, No. 12

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Minutes of Nov. 5, 2007 HPNA General Meeting

The Monday, November 5, 2007 meeting of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association was called to order by President Elaine Meenehan.

The fi rst agenda item was the introduction of our new police li-aison, Armando Rodriguez, Senior Police Offi cer and Central West District Representative. Offi cer Ro-driguez assured the group that the Police Department was work-ing to handle the recent burglaries and break-ins that have been oc-curring in the Hyde Park area. He mentioned that they had stepped up patrols and were using under-cover and plain clothes offi cers in the area in addition to the regular patrols. Offi cer Rodriguez stressed the importance of staying alert and reporting any suspicious activi-ty to the police. He said neighbors should watch out for each other. Offi cer Vargas, our previous liai-son, encouraged the neighbors not to let their concerns get out of pro-portion. He also emphasized the importance of keeping houses and

to greet you.

If you didn’t attend last year’s event, you missed out on a very spe-cial party and don’t want to make the same mistake twice! Bring your own special dessert treat for others to en-

Yo, Ho, Ho! You’re Invited!Hyde Park Holidays Party will be held Friday, December 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Woodburn House Bed & Breakfast, 4401 Avenue D. The HPNA invites you to come and share your own special holiday spirit with your neighbors. The offi cers and leaders of the As-sociation and the gracious owners of the Woodburn House, Kristen and Noel De La Rosa, will be on hand

Mother’s Rises from the AshesHallelulah, praise Mother Earth and pass the BBQ tofu! With lit-tle fanfare, Mother’s Café reopened (sans garden) on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Word got out quickly, though, and fans of the venerable vegetarian restaurant were soon waiting for tables to open up in the thoroughly re-habbed dining room.

The 27-year-old Hyde Park institution had been closed since March 7, when it was seriously damaged by a fi re. After the initial cleanup, the building sat dormant for months while the property owners dealt with the af-

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Hyde Park Neighborhood AssociationP. O Box 49427 • Austin, TX 78765

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— HPNA Steering Committee—President • Elaine Meenehan • [email protected] .............. 323-9772 Vice President • Jennifer Berbas • [email protected] .................................Co-Secretaries • Pam Whittington • [email protected] .... 452-9776• Celeste Cromack • [email protected] • Lorre Weidlich, • [email protected] I Jay Aarons • [email protected] • PO Box 49427, Austin, TX 78765Additional Steering Committee Members: • Wanda Penn • Rob Clinchard • Dorothy Richter • Alan Marburger • William Cook • Stan Kozinzky

HPNA Committee/Task Forces (w/chairs)AISD • Ann S. Graham, 3815 Ave H.............................................458-8096Alley Coordinator • Carol Burton, [email protected] Neighborhoods Council Rep. • Lisa Harris, [email protected] Beautifi cation • Larry Freilich, [email protected]’s Programs • ...................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDEDChurch/Neighborhood Liaison • Niyata Spelman, 3802 Ave. F. 459-8349Communications/Web • Robin Silberling, [email protected] ....452-1783Crime and Safety Chairman • Carol J. Weider, 4101 Ave F.......459-6205Development Review • Stan Kozinsky, 4604 Ave. G ...................451-4455Finance • Nick Van Bavel, [email protected] ti Patrol • E. Meenehan, [email protected] .....323-9772 Homes Tour • Lorre Weidlich, [email protected] • Doris Coward, [email protected] ...........453-2476Neighborhood Planning • Karen McGraw, 4315 Ave. C ............459-2261Local Historic District • Sharon Majors, [email protected] ..Shipe Park • .................................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDEDSidewalks • Rob Clinchard, robsold@texas.net...........................................Social • Deaton Bednar, [email protected] ..............................Tree Preservation • JP Moore, [email protected] ...789-7025Triangle Development • Cathy Echols, 4002 Ave. C ...................206-0729Zoning • Dorothy Richter, 3901 Ave. G........................................452-5117

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the 15th of month preceding publication.Editor

Grant Thomas 450-0464 Associate Editor

Sarah Sitton 459-4530 207 E. 39th St.Poetry Editor

Nancy Taylor Day 892-0127 4001 Duval (Salon) 78751

Crime & Safety Chairman Carol Welder 459-6205

Production Manager/Advertising DirectorRobert M. Farr 731-0617

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Many of our neighbors have installed sidewalks on their own over the years at a cost of much less than the estimate that the City gave us. The HPNA would like to see more of this. The Steering Committee is currently discussing a sidewalk incentive program for 2008 that is actually feasible. We are still in the planning phases, but will likely initially concentrate our

Sidewalks, Anyone? Everyone?

Over the past several years, several members of our community have tried to work with the City to generate a plan to create more sidewalks in Hyde Park using the City’s sidewalk matching program. The HPNA voted on multiple occasions to provide money for this effort. However, very little progress has been made to date, due to several factors, including price. As an example, working through the City, it would cost $38,000 to install a new sidewalk on one side of the 3900 block of Avenue C. Just one block!

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efforts on qualifi ed priority side-walks that were published in our NCCDs (both North and South).

If sidewalks are your passion, we are looking for someone who would like to head up this new initiative to help determine guide-lines and administer the process. If you’re interested, please contact .

Have a safe and happy holi-day season! I hope to see everyone at the Holiday Party on December 14th!


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cars locked. When asked about taking photos or vid-eos of suspicious activity or catching a burglary on video, Officer Vargas said these could be used as evi-dence. Because many of the perpetrators of the recent crimes touch only the items they carry away, there are seldom any fingerprints. Photos and videos could tie a perpetrator to the crime.

Some of the audience raised questions about oth-er neighborhood concerns, including the speed of vehicles on 38th Street and reckless driving. The of-ficers said that the Police Department rotates patrols to various areas, and they would call attention to this area. The neighbors were told that reckless drivers

had to be caught in the act by police officers. There was also discussion of whether a correlation could be found between the issuance of building permits and burglaries. The officers said that it would be a time consuming process. When Wanda Penn asked if vol-unteers could help in the checking process, Officer Vargas said they should be able to since the informa-tion is online.

Next, Project Manager Charles Muela from the Public Works Department, Certified Arborist O.B. McKown, and City Arborist Michael Embesi pre-sented information about the water and sewer line relocation projects, in the Shadow Lawn area of Hyde Park – Duval to the west side of Avenue F and between 38th and 40th Streets. This area has no alleys and water and sewer lines are in back yards, mak-ing it difficult for the City to provide needed service. This project will relocate the water and sewer lines to the streets and move the laterals so they can connect to the new mains. (Laterals are the pipes that con-nect the house to the water and sewer mains.) After the meeting, Project Manager Charles Muela clari-fied the project boundaries and that there would be work outside of Shadow Lawn. “The project covers two neighborhoods… Hyde Park and UT/40th. So the work area is pretty spread-out; in general it will cover from 45th on the north to 32nd on the south. And just east of Guadalupe to Harmon just west of I-35. More specifically, the area of focus will include Avenue A and east to Peck. The northern boundary will be 45th Street and on the south 35th Street.”

City Arborist Michael Embesi reviewed the cur-rent tree ordinance, which is 25 years old. Before projects begin, trees are surveyed and evaluated to as-sure that proper protection is provided. Trees with 60 inch or greater circumference are considered pro-tected trees. If you cannot reach around a tree, it is probably eligible for protection. A tree with 20 inch diameter will have a 20 foot root zone. Because fac-tors on each lot vary, the arborist will be working with both property owners and the contractor to provide protection for the trees in the construction areas. Mr. Embesi also talked about the proposed Heritage Tree Ordinance, which would provide additional protec-

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tion for trees that are native to the area and have a 24 inch diameter. These trees would have greater pro-tection, including higher fines and penalties for not complying with the ordinance.

O.B. McKown will be the onsite contact, work-ing with the contractor, plumbers and the property owners during the construction period. There are 76 addresses affected by the project. The contractor will be working with the property owners to reduce the impact of the project. Mr. McKown will be the arbi-trator if there are disputes between the contractor and the property owner about the placement of lines and protection of trees. He said there are a number of things that can be done to protect trees, including having the plumber or the contractor to do hand dig-ging or tunneling in some areas. O.B. can be reached at 974-6330 or .

Project Manager Muela explained that sewer line relocation was necessary for the City of Austin to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guide-lines. This project must be completed within the next year. Extensive work has been done during the design phase to bring the lines into compliance as well as ad-dress concerns of the property owners. The contractor will have a licensed, certified arborist working on the project as well as the City of Austin arborist to protect roots as well as the tree itself. If it is necessary to cut driveways or sidewalks, the panel that is cut will be replaced rather than putting a patch over the cut. Mr. Muela can be reached at 974-7142 or [email protected] if property owners have concerns or need additional information.

This project is expected to start in the spring of 2008, probably between February and April. The con-tract has not been finalized, but as soon as this is done, the City will be setting up meetings so that property owners can meet the contractor and super-intendent and get a better understanding of how the project will proceed.

Next, following a resolution presented by Cathe-rine Moore of the Development Review Committee, the HPNA voted unanimously to oppose a waiver re-quest by the El Dorado Market at 5001 Airport Blvd. which would have allowed the sale of alcoholic bev-erages. The vote reflected support for a section of the City Code prohibiting such sale within 300 feet of a church, hospital or school -- in this case, Ridgetop El-ementary.

John Paul Moore then introduced Mary Collins Blackmon, Director of the Ney Museum, who pre-sented an update on the restoration project at the museum. The restoration is intended to return the museum to the configuration and appearance of

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“Formosa,” the former studio of Elisabet Ney. The restoration includes the building and landscape per-sonally designed by Ney. The landscape restoration is to include the natural prairie grasses and wildflowers, the original course of Waller Creek and wire fencing of Ney’s time. Reconstruction of Ney’s stable and ser-vant’s quarters is also included. Because the Ney is not only a City of Austin Historic Landmark, but also an official project of the Save America’s Treasures pro-gram of the US Department of the Interior and a Texas Historic Landmark, both of which are funding the res-toration, plans must be reviewed and accepted by these groups. Ms. Blackmon expressed her apprecia-tion to HPNA for the help and support that the group has provided through the years. Both John Paul and Ms. Blackmon encouraged neighbors to stop by the Ney and look over the plans so the neighbors may better understand this large, complex project. The mu-seum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday though Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Having no further business, the meeting was adjourned by the president.

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I would fi rst like to start by saying thank you to those neighbors who are on alert and calling in suspicious behavior. A joint effort of neighbors and police offi cers working as a team can make a difference in reducing crime and increasing arrests. The neighborhood listserv has been very help-ful in raising awareness by informing neighbors of criminal activity and providing descriptions of poten-tial burglars.

As a reminder, with the approaching holiday sea-son, criminals will be on the look out for items which can be easily stolen. APD informs us that many times, a crime is committed when the opportunity presents itself. Please keep your valuables out of sight in your cars and in your yards. It is also advisable to close your blinds at night, so that passersby cannot see what you have in your homes (fl at screen TV’s, com-puters, etc). If you purchase a new TV or computer, please keep the boxes out of sight until garbage pick-up day. When criminals walk or drive through the neighborhood, they look for signs of new purchases.

The Neighborhood Watch Program continues to grow. We now have over 35 Block Captains. Jenna Ste-phens has kindly offered to head up this program. Her email address is [email protected]. If you are interested in getting involved or have ques-tions about Neighborhood Watch, please contact her.

Our new APD District Representative is Offi cer A J Rodriguez. He can be reached at 974-4527 or by email at [email protected].

I would like to close by saying that I love living in Hyde Park because it is truly a community. I hope that we can preserve this wonderful asset by all being good neighbors and looking out for one another. How can we expect outsiders to respect us or our belong-ings if we don’t respect those who live around us? We can all make this a safer place to live by taking pride in our homes and in our yards. Please pick up litter when you see it, call 311 to report graffi ti, keep your dogs inside if they bark, and report any suspicious ac-tivity, no matter how small you may think it is.

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“But once we started, it took only six weeks to get up and running. It moved like a road runner!” says Anne Daniels, who, along with John Silber-berg and Cameron Alexander, operates the business in the rented space at 4215 Duval.

The restaura-teurs dedicated countless hours and energies to reopen Mother’s. The damage was so ex-tensive that the roof had to be replaced and most of the interior demolished. That, however, was the silver lining: “Since everything needed to be redone, it presented the

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opportunity to make things look better overall,” Silber-berg explains.

Among the changes, the rough cedar paneling was re-placed with sheet rock and paint, the fl oor is now stained concrete instead of tile, and the wait station was rede-signed. “We think it looks cleaner and more up-to-date.”

At the same time, the partners wanted to recapture the cozy vibe of the original. In this writer’s opinion, they succeeded.

The need to comply with building codes also brought pluses: The restrooms meet requirements of the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act, and with new insulation, air conditioning and lighting fi xtures, Silberberg says, “We will be cooler in the summer and have a lower electric bill (we hope!).”

Jumping HurdlesThe relaunch hasn’t been entirely smooth. The open-

ing was delayed by a day, and several weeks later the restaurant was forced to close for half a day, in both cases because of problems with exterior water and sewer pipes.

In addition, it was a more diffi cult process to ob-tain a permit for reconstruction of the charming garden area, which had been destroyed, than for restoration of the building. But Daniels reports good news: Work on the garden is fi nally underway and it should be open by Christmas.

That’s important, because the garden accounts for a signifi cant portion of the restaurant’s capacity. Before the fi re, total seating capacity was 30: 12 tables inside and 18 in the garden. At present, there are 16 tables inside and 4 outside by the entrance (weather permitting).

Another challenge has been hiring and training the mostly new staff. While six of the former wait staff have returned, only one of the regular shift cooks remains. By way of analogy, Silberberg says, “Our customers had been waiting over seven months for us to open. Our new guys showed up for driver’s ed class and were thrown into the Indianapolis 500!”

Despite the many changes, Mother’s is still, unmis-takably, Mother’s. Perhaps most important, the menu is largely intact. The award-winning Bueno Burger and pal-ate pleasers such as spinach lasagna, artichoke enchiladas and weekend brunch items are all there. The only items lacking are a few carryovers from when the partners also operated the West Lynn Café (spring rolls, linguini al greco and farfalle gorgonzole) but Silberberg says all will probably return to the menu.

And what future plans do the partners have for Mother’s? Silberberg laughs: “You mean like a day off?”

Mother’s Café is open Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. For information, call 512-451-3994 or visit www.motherscafeaustin.com or www.myspace.com/motherscafeaustin.

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The Elisabet Ney Museum invites Hyde Park neighbors to a special evening viewing of the mu-seum on Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15, 6:00–9:00 PM, in celebration of the holiday season. Enjoy the special atmosphere of the former 1892-1907 Elisabet Ney studio and Ney’s por-traits from life of European and Texas notables during hours when the museum is rarely open. The muse-um has arranged a special Children’s Corner around one of Elisabet Ney’s fireplaces with a collection of Father Christmases, dolls from around the world and a Children’s Christmas tree. There will be music and refreshments as formerly enjoyed by Elisabet Ney. The Elisabet Ney Museum is located at 304 East 44th Street. Regular hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10 PM – 5 PM, and Sunday noon – 5 PM. Free admission. For further information, call 458-2255.


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Rememberwhen the jungle-green grass underfootslid you intoa wonderful placewith a stained-glass skydeep enough to sink in?When you could slide downthe cool limestone rocksand land in the blue-green creek?

Lookand now the city turnsthe night sky an angry yellow-orangeand the glowing white-bread moonjust pales down to a single snippetamong the nonexistent stars.

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Home for Christmas atHyde Park United Methodist

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We hope you make HPUMC your spiritual home this Advent season beginning Sunday, December 2nd.

Retirement and Nursing Center (6909 Burnet) service Dec. 9, at 3pm includes Christmas caroling by the

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The Children’s Christmas Pageant happens at 7pm on Dec. 16. Choir and hand bell choir also perform.

There’s an HPUMC Christmas Concert Dec. 23, at 7pm. All of the church’s musical groups will perform!

Christmas Eve Worship Schedule:5pm - Families invited to gather and decorate

Christmas cookies.5:30pm - Family-Friendly Children’s Christmas Eve

service with Holy Communion. Each child receives a flashlight “candle” and Christmas book.

7:00pm - Traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve Ser-vice with Holy Communion.

“... and the star which they had seen at its rising went ahead of them until it stopped above the place where the child lay.”

Matthew 2:9


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What ifwe slickened our limestoneand carved it backto its towering shape?What ifwe took out the pop tabsand soggy old boardsand dipped our creekwith a blue-green paintbrushto let it run free?

What if we really did?We have the polish and glaze paintand stained glass and glueand deepness and slicknessand watercolors.Those are the thingsthat will push us backinto whenwe hadwhat we hadthatweRemember

— Natalie Ray (age 9)

Hyde Park Poets cont’d


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— December, 2007 — Pecan Press

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Meeting Association H RY D E PA K...Hallelulah, praise Mother Earth and pass the BBQ tofu! With lit-tle fanfare, Mother’s Café reopened (sans garden) on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Word got